Alberto Gaspar

Dancer

Alberto Gaspar is from Mexico City and trained at La Escuela Nacional de Danza Clasica there and then at Miami City Ballet School, where he studied on a merit scholarship. He joined Ballet Memphis in 2012. Favorite choreographers include Christopher d’Amboise, Twyla Tharp, Nicolas le Riche, Gabrielle Lamb, Jean-Christophe Maillot and Matthew Neenan. Alberto is the recipient of a FONCA award as an ambassador of the arts in Mexico. He has received additional awards in Prague and in Japan.